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Traves
How to Pronounce Traves
Pronounced TRAV-is /ˈtrævɪs/High
Meaning: Traves is a spelling of Travis, an English surname-name from Old French traverser, 'to cross'; it originally marked someone who lived by a crossing or collected a toll at one. The -es spelling is a phonetic variant, and the meaning is inherited from Travis.Medium
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Traves is a variant spelling of Travis, a name that began as a medieval surname from Old French traverser, 'to cross'. It marked a dweller by a crossing or a toll-collector, and like many surnames became a first name in America, here in a slightly altered spelling.
The variant was never common: only a couple dozen boys a year, peaking around 1979, exactly when Travis itself was riding high, and thinning out by the mid-two-thousands. A boy named Traves then is in his forties now. It travels in Travis's shadow rather than as a name of its own.
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Frequently Asked
What does the name Traves mean?
It is a spelling of Travis, from an Old French word for a crossing or tollgate.
How do you pronounce Traves?
It's said TRAV-is /ˈtrævɪs/, two syllables, stress on the first.
Is Traves a boy or girl name?
Traves is used as a boy's name.
Is Traves a popular name?
No, it stayed rare, borne by only a couple dozen boys a year around its late-seventies best.